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Letters Patent No. 108,393, dated October 18, 1870.

lMPROVEMENT lN WASHING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to iu these Letters Patent and maiing part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. ltnnnnn, of Trenton, in the county of Grundy and State of Missouri, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the. construction and operation of the saine, reference being `had to the annexed drawing making a part of' this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon. f

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of my washing-machine in side elevation.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section of a frame or cud piece, in which a series of rollers have their bearings.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of my machine with a dilferent arrangement of rollers.

The nature ot' my Vinvention consists in the construction and arrangement of a washing-machine, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

' In order to enable others skilledin the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents an oblong box of any suitable dimensions, having its bottom B inclined downward from the ends toward the center, and the cent-ral part concave, as shown more fully in tig. 2.-

In the center of the concave portion of the botto ui B is placed a cross-bar, G, rest-ing upon springs a a.

At each end of this bar C are hinged or pivotcd two curved bars, D D, in which a series of rollers, b b, have their bearings; that is, these rollers run across the box and have their journal-bearings in the pieces D D, on opposite sides of the box.

The center' of the side of lthe box is `slotted vertically for the reception of the shaft D, n'pon which the cylinder E is placed.

This cylinder consists merely' of two heads secured to the shaft, and having aseries of slats, convex on their outer surface, secured on' their outer peripheries, thus connecting the two heads, the said slats being, however, placed a suitable distance apart to allow the water to pass between them.

Above the shaft d, in the slotted sides of the box A, are placed sliding-bars G, which are held down npon said shaft by means of pills e passing through the bars under staplesl in the upper edges. of the box.

These 'sliding-hars G are slotted in the manner shown, and, as they are held in place mainly by the springs 7L and ftogether with pins o, it is apparent that they are arranged to slide up and down in their seats with the rise and fall ot cylinder E.

The upper ends of the curved bars D D are conncoted with slides by means of springs ff.

Ou the outside of the box `A are placed rubber flaps, h, which shut up the slots for vthe shaft tight, and, being hooked tothe slides G, serve at the same time to aid in holding said bars down.

Upon one end of the shaft d is placed a crank, H, I

which is worked not around, but backward and forward, and the clothesl are more squeezed than rubbed.

In place of the hinged curved bars D D, for supporting the rollers `b l), Lmay use the frame- I J, shown i in fig. 4.

This frame consists of two arms, I, of thc peculiar construction shown in said figure, connected by means of the cross-bar J, and having the rollers?) b between them.

One end of each arin I is inserted in a loop, k, formed or attached near one end of the box A, while the ,other end rests upon a spring, It.

The machine is operated with this arrangement the same as in the former case.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination and arrangement of cylinder lo, bars-D, rollers l), springs lt, and f, and sliding-bar'G, when constructed substantial] y as and f or the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have here' unto subscribed my name inthe presence of two. witnesses. p

CHARLES W. REEDER.

Witnesses W. A. TRAVIS, J. E. MGADAMS. 

